[mythtv-users] Getting this working should NOT be this hard!

[Harry Devine]

Steve Heistand wrote:
> } Anyhow, here's where my problems start:  after I setup all of the cards 
> } and scanned for channels accordingly, if I go into MythWeb and look at 
> } the channel editor, all of my Analog channels are on SourceID 1, the 
> } Firewire are on ID 2, and the Digital (DVB) are on ID 3.  Not a major 
> } issue, but my Backend status page says I have encoders 5 -> 7.  Where's 
> } 1, 2, and 3?
> } 
> the numbers are unrelated to each other. technically I think the sourceID
> is like the which of how many entries in schedules direct you have.
> the encoder is just the number of encoders the backend has seen in its
> lifetime of which it lists only the current ones.
>   
OK, that makes sense.  I actually just removed all of the cards and put 
back the Analog and DVB cards on the pcHD5500.  I'll tackle Firewire later.
> } Next, when I try to tune an analog channel, it may or may not come on.  
> } If it does, I get a picture for a second, then the screen fills in all 
> } green, then back to a still picture, and so on.  The audio sounds almost 
> } like what you'd hear if you put a baseball card in the spokes of a 
> } bicycle tire.  In my backend log, I get alot of these errors:
> } 2008-10-16 21:39:07.217 NVR(/dev/video0) Error: Resetting and re-queueing
> } 2008-10-16 21:39:09.218 NVR(/dev/video0) Error: DQBUF ioctl failed.
> }                         eno: Input/output error (5)
> } 
> not a clue but it sounds like no firmware for the card in /lib/firmware
> or where ever mythbuntu puts it.
>   
Shouldn't that be a kernel thing, and therefore already be there?
> } If I tune a digital channel (via DVB), I get a picture, but its VERY 
> } slow.  Almost as if I have a TiVO or Comcast DVR recording playing on 
> } the slowest Fast Forward setting.  Again, the audio is the "baseball 
> } card in the spokes" analogy.
> } 
>
> this was caused by a poorly choosen interlacer when I had such a problem.
>   
Where do I find the interlacer?  And what should I try setting it to?
>
> } If I tune a firewire channel, I get a frozen picture followed by a 
> } message stating "You should have gotten a signal lock by now...".  No 
> } audio is heard at all.
> } 
>
> check to see if the tuner is actually connected to the firewire port 
> you told mythtv-setup it was.
> /usr/X11R6/bin/plugreport
> will help on that. baring that change the firewire settings to like 200mbps
> and broadcast or some such thing in the setup. its been a while since Ive
> done firewire but I remember doing these things.
>
>
>   

Thanks!
Harry